Valery Valeryevich Nikolaev (; born 23 August 1965) is a

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and Russian film and theater actor, director.

Career

Nikolaev has choreographed five productions at the Chekhov MKhAT theater. He choreographed the musical ''My Fair Lady'' (

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, 2000), as well. In 1997 he traveled to Hollywood to play in Phillip Noyce's ''The Saint''. Nikolaev graduated from MKhAT, where he studied under

Oleg Tabakov Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (; 17 August 1935 – 12 March 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor and the Artistic Director of the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Biography Tabakov was born in Saratov into a family of do ...

. After graduation, Nikolaev performed with the Chekhov MKhAT theater.

Selected filmography

He performed in more than thirty films since 1987.

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